Barrhead Birder
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Retired gardener interested in wildlife, plant life and photography. Motto- birds first, photos last. If you genuinely love all nature feel free to follow. Not interested in politics, racism, religion or any form of hate.
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#GreyHeron Regurgitating undigestible food parts taken in June this year at St Ouen’s Pond #JerseyCI 🪶🦅
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A beautiful Hare for #WildlifeWednesday We don't see Hares on our local patch so it is always a treat for me to see them when out and about. 🤎 📷

#Photography #UKWildlife #Nature #Mammals #WildlifePhotography #EastCoastKin
Looks like it's took a tumble from the nest as it's way too young to be on the ground.
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White Wagtail after a fly! 😀
Taken at the weekend at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 😊🐦
#birds 🪶

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Thank you so much appreciated Andy.
Mushrooms on an old ivy (Hedera) stump from today. No idea of the species. From Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland. #fungifriends #Ayrshire #fungi
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Bad hair day, but no Egrets.. 😁
Little Egret at Durleigh reservoir in Somerset last weekend. 😍🐦
#Birds 🪶

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Common Buzzard today, Isle of Man 🇮🇲
A more natural protection of saplings than those horrible plastic tubes. 🤔
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Far too often, scrub/brush is treated as a nuisance, hazard, or eyesore, when in fact it is vital habitat and a key component of natural succession.
For years, this was part of a path through the land, but it's now an impenetrable tangle of gorse and young trees.

As the trees grow, the gorse and other vegetation will be shaded out, and I'll be able to pass again, but through *rainforest*.

Scrub is how natural forest ecosystems form.
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A Varied Thrush stands stoically amid the mossy forests of the Pacific Northwest.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
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Regularly spending a little time out in the woods, or in some other green space, is known to have all sorts of health benefits. You might even spot one of the shyer woodland birds, such as this Treecreeper.🤣 #WorldMentalHealthDay #nature #ukbirds #wildlife
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Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

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Thank you Rob, much appreciated.
A Roe Deer buck from a number of years ago at Ardmillan South Ayrshire Scotland. #UKwildlife #nikon #mammals #deer
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Reyezuelo listado
Estreliña riscada
Common firescrest
Vuurgoudhaan
( Regulus ignicapilla )
Monte de Vilaboa . Lugo
#birds 🪶 #aves #nature #naturaleza #BirdOfTheDay #Galicia
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#BirdOfTheDay themes are #migration
This #fieldfare visited my garden last winter. They're not usually in my area.
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography